Service Details
Name:
 BLOEM
Given Name:
 EDWARD MICHAEL
Initials:
 E M
Service No:
 05547849PE
Rank:
 Flight Sergeant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1986-07-16
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Date of Birth:
 1947-03-15
Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Killed in Action when his Alouette III Helicopter # 43, collided with a radio mast stay-wire at Okankolo (17 57 24 S 016 25 32 E) in Northern Owamboland during late afternoon counter-insurgency operations in the area. The helicopter was operating out of Air Force Base Ondangwa.
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. J. E. Bloem. ref. 85 years of SAAF
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
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